Abstract
The goals of this quality improvement project are to assess the BRIDGE Student-Run Free Clinic's adherence to the 2019 American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and to compare our rate of statin prescription to the national average and to uninsured groups. A quality improvement project of 205 patients qualified by initial inclusion criteria at a student-run free healthcare clinic. Socio-demographic information, clinical measures associated with cardiovascular risk, and documentation regarding statin prescription at the follow-up visit after a patient's first lipid panel were abstracted from medical records. Descriptive statistics were calculated on the sample (proportions, means), and the proportion of patients eligible for statin treatment was determined. Of 58 patients eligible by guidelines to receive statins, 29 received a statin (50%) at their follow-up visit. Patients with clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) were more likely to receive statin therapy (83.3%) compared to other groups. Patients who were prescribed a statin were older, had higher total cholesterol, higher low-density lipoprotein (LDL), higher systolic blood pressure, and had higher ASCVD risk. Patients receiving statins were also more likely to be male or have a history of either hypertension, diabetes, or clinical ASCVD. Patients with established ASCVD had high rates of statin prescription.Following the first lipid panel, clinicians prescribed statins to approximately 50% of eligible patients.Although this proportion is below the national average for insured patients, it is higher than the national average for uninsured patients and represents a relatively high proportion of eligible patients within the examined time frame.
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